Henry freeman



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TYPE GASE.

Nu-402,317. PatentedApr.3'0, 1889.

m inn t operation of justifying it is necessary for the necessary that he should have at hand and UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FREEMAN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE THORNE MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TYPE-CA8 E.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 402,317,. dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed March 10, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY FREEMAN, .a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Cases, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in a type-case which is especially designed and adapted for use in connection with type-setting machines to contain the spaces and types which are required by the justifier in making up the matter into columns or pages.

In many type-setting machines the composition is delivered from the machine in the form of a continuous line, and as this line of matter is advanced from the setting mechanism it is taken by the justifier and divided into short lines of suitable length for the column or page, which lines, after being justified,'are introduced into the galley. In the justifier to use a variety of spaces, and in order to facilitate the justification it is important that the required variety be presented to the justifier in position to be easily and quickly accessible. It is also important that the justifier should be able to supply certain characters which occur infrequently, and are therefore not ordinarily provided for in the machine, and to enable him to do this it is in convenient position the necessary variety of such types.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a type and space case which will contain the necessary variety of spaces and types and present them in position to be easily and required; and to that end the invention consists in a type and space case constructed and arranged in the manner which will now be described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a case embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4

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is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line 4 of the same figure.

Referring to said figures, it is to be understood that the body A of the case, which is arranged in a slightly-inclined position, is supported in any suitable manner at such a height as to be conveniently accessible to the j ustifier. This body is provided with a series of vertical channels, a, each of suitable width to receive a line of type or spaces, b. Each of the channels a is provided at its bottom with a finger, 0, upon which the bottom type or space of the line rests, and these fingers are tapered at their forward ends, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to be somewhat narrower than the types or spaces which rest upon them. The sides of the case and the partitions between thechannels are cut away adjacent to the fingers c, as shown at cl, so as to allow the fingers and the types or spaces immediately above them to project some distance beyond the front of the case at that point, as shown.

Located a short distance above the fingers c, and extending across the front of the case, is a hinged bar, f, having a latch, g, by which 7 5' it is held in position. Secured to the bar f are a series of fingers, 71, similar to the fingers c, which extend downward in front of the channels a in close proximity to the ends of the rows of types or spaces contained therein. The fingers 7t terminate at such a distance above the fingers c as to permit of the withdrawal of a single type or space at thebottom of the row, but prevent the withdrawal of more than one type or space at a time. The upper ends of the fingers h are fitted into recesses in the bar f, and are secured in post tion by set-screws 2', or otherwise, so as to be adjustable vertically, and thus permit the lower ends of the fingers to be properly adjusted to accommodate spaces or types of different thickness in the different channels.

In using the case the different spaces or types I) are placed in the channels a, as inclicated, with the bottom type or space 'of each line resting upon the finger c. When the justifier requires a type or space of any par ticular kind, he simply grasps the lower type or space in the proper channel and withdraws it beneath the end of the finger h, and as soon :00

as this is done the line falls by gravity, so as to bring the next type or space above into position to be withdrawn. By this means one type or space of each kind is always in position to be withdrawn. The cutting away of the case, as shown, permits the types and spaces to project, so as to be readily grasped by the fingers of the j ustifier, and the fingers 0, being narrower than the types and spaces, do not interfere with this operation.

In many cases the number of channels necessary to contain different kinds of types and spaces required will be so great as to make the case unduly wide if a separate channel is provided for each kind of type and space. In such case each channel may be divided into two or more compartments for containing different kinds of types or spaces by providing one or more sets of the fingers c h, located at different heights, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In such case the partitions and the sides of the case will be cut away adjacent to the added fingers, the same as in the case of the fingers at the lower ends of the channels.

To gain free access for loading, cleaning, and other purposes, the bar or bars f, carrying the fingers 71 can be unlatched and swung to one side.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with the type or space case having the channels a, of the adjustable fingers 71, located in front of the channels, with their lower ends just above the lower type or space in the lines, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a type or space case, of the type or space channels a, a plurality of fingers, 0, arranged at different heights in the same channel to support the type or spaces, and a corresponding number of fingers, h, located above the fingers cand extending downward in front of the channel, with their lower ends a short distance above the fingers 0, substantially as described.

The combination, with the type or space case having the channels a, of the fingers h and the hinged barf, supporting said fingers substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY FREEMAN.

\Vitnesses:

CHAs. L. BURDETT, R. \V. NELsoN. 

